for it was not an exceptional force of rowers, nor some unheard skill in steering, nor new winds, which brought him so quickly to furthest lands:, but those things which are accustomed to delay others did not slow him down:

avarice did not call him away towards pleasure, charm did not call him away towards delight, the nobility of a city did not call him away towards getting to know it, and furthermore, hard work did not call him away to rest;

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Card 3

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for it was not an exceptional force of rowers, nor some unheard skill in steering, nor new winds, which brought him so quickly to furthest lands:, but those things which are accustomed to delay others did not slow him down:

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Card 4

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avarice did not call him away towards pleasure, charm did not call him away towards delight, the nobility of a city did not call him away towards getting to know it, and furthermore, hard work did not call him away to rest;

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Card 5

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finally, as for the statues and pictures and other embellishments of Greek towns, which other men consider things to be taken away, he did not even judge them as things for him to go and see.